وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ And surely you will find them أَحْرَصَ (the) most greedy ٱلنَّاسِ (of) [the] mankind عَلَىٰ for حَيَوٰةٍۢ life وَمِنَ and (greedier) than ٱلَّذِينَ those who أَشْرَكُوا۟ ۚ associate[d] partners (with Allah) يَوَدُّ Loves أَحَدُهُمْ (each) one of them لَوْ if يُعَمَّرُ he could be granted a life أَلْفَ (of) a thousand سَنَةٍۢ year(s) وَمَا But not هُوَ it بِمُزَحْزِحِهِۦ (will) remove him مِنَ from ٱلْعَذَابِ the punishment أَن that يُعَمَّرَ ۗ he should be granted life وَٱللَّهُ And Allah بَصِيرٌۢ (is) All-Seer بِمَا of what يَعْمَلُونَ they do ٩٦
And you will surely find them the most greedy of people for life - [even] more than those who associate others with Allāh. One of them wishes that he could be granted life a thousand years, but it would not remove him in the least from the [coming] punishment that he should be granted life. And Allāh is Seeing of what they do.
— Come To Light